COZAAR Reviews (LOSARTAN POTASSIUM)Average Rating: 2.4 (410 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare COZAAR with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR COZAAR | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | moderately high BP | First few days I had a dizzy/lightheaded feeling which went away. I now feel tired/fatigued and a bit depressed. The tired feeling is somewhat less if I take it before bed. The medicine almost acts like a 12 hour sleeping pill. | It lowers blood pressure, but the old benezapril/HCTZ symptoms may actually be worse. I've traded a cough and having to goto the bathroom too frequently with a general feeling of tiredness. I can't say that cozaar is better than the benazipril/HCT it replaced. | M | 40 | 1 months | 11/30/2008 | 3 | hypertension | headache,bellyache,leg pain, and mood changes | F | 5 | 5 days | 11/18/2008 | 3 | High blood pressure | I have been taking Cozaar 50mg for 5 years now. And at first I did not notice any side effects, my blood pressure was good. But lately in the past year, I have noticed my blood pressure goes up. And then it goes way down, I have been feeling very fatigued, I'm experiencing chest pain, and I get out of breath easily. I don't sleep well at night and I used to fall asleep the moment my head hit the pillow. I get very sensitive, I have a hard time concentrating. I was at my wits end wondering what was going on with me and at least after reading everyone else's symptoms which are like mine, I am relieved I'm not going crazy. I thank all of you for sharing your symptoms. | I know I need to change my eating habits. And as of today that is what I am going to do. I want to somehow get off of this medicine. God has given me wisdom to listen to my body and I don't always do it. But now I am going to take charge of that. | M | 59 | 5 years | 11/14/2008 | 1 | high blood pressure | extreme depression and anxiety, severe headaches particularly behind eyes, occasional mild dizziness/vertigo, dry mouth and eyes, concenration/memory lapses | I, too, am glad to have discovered this site. Cozaar, the latest of several medications that have not been effective in treating my bp problems, actually seemed to cause the pressure to elevate (tonight, 204/124!) over the 2 weeks I have taken it. As others noted, several side effects seem to be directly connected to this medication. In addition to problems cited, it appeared to make me quite irritable and anxious with the feeling that I just wanted to scream or burst into tears as well as avoid interactions with anyone. This only occurred after I began taking Cozaar. | F | 60 | 2 weeks | 11/8/2008 | 5 | high blood pressure | none | I have been taking this med for a few years. No side effects. It has helped me to lower my BP. I take 25 mg every morning and evening (50 mg total)> | M | 67 | 5 years | 11/5/2008 | 3 | High Blood Pressure 140/90 | Anxiety(don't know what to expect),gas, above average RHR at night and once a day for 3-4 hours I experience a strange fluttering feeling in my chest, but no pain or discomfort | Do these sound normal to the long term users? | M | 39 | 4 days | 11/3/2008 | 3 | hypertension | dizzy spells | M | 3 days | 10/26/2008 | 2 | High BP | *** This is an update to an early comment!*** *** M 41 2 years 7/31/2008 *** Diahhrea sometimes,neck and occasional headaches, very irritable and sometimes with pain in my joints,lightheadedness & some dizzyness.Strange feelings and pain in my body. I have been depressed for the first time in my life. can't sleep well at night, lots of swet, Insomnia, coughing and difficut to concentrate. Extreme fatigue, dry mouth, anxiety, rapid heartbeat sometimes - yes, LOTS of depression, LOTS of sweats, LOTS of disorientation and drowsiness too. | M 41 2 years 7/31/2008 I went to my doctor and told her of my feelings, after that I have quited the drug and since then life has been much better, and even my HBP is normal!!! amazing, even the doctor is amazed with it :-) I am not training more than before, actually less, but I do eat less salt food and sweets. I don't believe people is writing just for fun or to give the drug a bad name. But for me it worked onle sometimes and after a while i was depressed and all that negative stuff. | M | 41 | | 10/25/2008 | 1 | High Blood Pressure | My side effects include headaches, dizziness and vertigo as I've never experienced before. I was dizzy on hydroclorothiazide, but that wasn't one tenth as bad as Cozaar. Also I feel like crying all the time and seem to be having concentration and memory problems. I cannot function normally. I can't even lie down because the dizziness gets even worse when I do. I'm frankly scared. | I have taken myself off Cozaar and wonder how long the symptoms will take to disappear. I will not take any blood pressure medication again. I've struck out badly three times already.I'll lose weight, cut salt out of my diet, and hope for the best. The life I'm living on Cozaar is not a life worth living. | F | 61 | 2 months | 10/22/2008 | 5 | high blood pressure | none | It works perfect . I suspect some comments were not from real patients !they want you to buy other.... | 50 | 12 years | 10/20/2008 | 5 | High Blood Pressure | Slight dizziness and cough that went away. Substantially increased libido and have not needed ED medication since. | M | 55 | 2 years | 10/17/2008 | 2 | HBP | After switching from Procardia becasue it was ineffective in reducing my Bp, I took the Cozaar for about 2 months without issues. Bp went down from 150/100 - 120/80. Then the daily headaches started. They were debilitating mucle tension type headaches in the back of the head and behind my eyes. Nothing would help these. Went to a different Dr. who put me on Benecar(sp)for a month. After 1.5 weeks headaches went away. After my Benecar ran out I went back on my Cozaar to see if the headaches would return, they did in 2 weeks. Now Dr. is trying Diovan 320 mg. I looked at the side effects for that - holy crap! I will give it a go, but it looks terrible! | M | 48 | 2.5 months | 10/17/2008 | 5 | high blood pressure | none - it worked great. | I'd been on cozaar for over 5 years to control my wild bp (too high sometimes and too low others; averaged out too high), and it worked great - controled the bp as well as I can ever expect, and no side effects. A recent change in job brought a change in health insurance and of course the new insurer won't cover cozaar, so Dr. is trying others (currently diovan, which has caused insomnia and 5 lb weight gain in 2 weeks). I'm debating just paying for the cozaar out of pocket, despite the high cost. But I'll call the Dr. today and will probably try another drug (atacand?) before giving up and paying it out of pocket. If he'll try hard enough, my Dr. should be able to convince the health insurance company to cover cozaar for me, but I'm not holding my breath - I've been dealing with the medical industry for a rare and little understood condition for over 20 years, and know they don't like to listen to patients. | F | 50 | 5 years | 9/22/2008 | 2 | high bp | extreme joint, tendon pain (knees, calves, shoulders); allergic reaction in the throat -- coughing | taking cozaar and lopressor for five years. i hate them both, but they lower my bp. | M | 59 | 5 years | 9/9/2008 | 5 | hp | none but if all the people have so many problems thats what there doctors gets paid for. talk to him or her.it took me a long time to find a drug that works. been taking it 4 years | M | 58 | | 9/7/2008 | 4 | high bp | The only real side effect has been diarrhea that started a few days after first starting on cozaar. BP down from 171 over 94, to 123 over 77 at its lowest. Average bp around 133\80. Cozaar has helped, just hate the diarrhea! | M | 38 | 2 weeks | 8/25/2008 | 1 | High BP | SEVERE depression. Fatigue. Feelings of hopelessness. Feeling like I still had to go to the bathroom after going to the bathroom (incomplete emptying of bladder). | Be really careful about taking this if you are on any anti-depressants or ADD medications!!!! | M | 38 | 19 days | 8/22/2008 | 2 | High blood pressure | Back pain, leg pain, mental "fogginess", increased depression. I attributed side effects to fibromyalgia. I've been feeling TERRIBLE. I'm SO excited I found this website! | F | 45 | 2 months | 8/16/2008 | 3 | HBP | The first 3 years or so, was okay, now, I suffer from sleeplessness at night and horribly tired and sleepy during the day. I had to cut my work hours to half time because I am extremely tired during the day. High anxiety, dizziness. I had never suffered from depression and anxiety before, now, it is unbelievable. I have been taking 25mg for 6 years now. Since my father died of a stroke, I know I have to take BP med, but let’s see what happens if I take it every other day for a month and start getting serious about exercise. I have already cut at least 75 percent of sodium intake in the last couple of years. | F | 54 | 6 years | 8/5/2008 | 2 | High Blood Pressure | Diahhrea sometimes,neck and occasional headaches, very irritable and sometimes with pain in my joints,lightheadedness & some dizzyness.Strange feelings and pain in my body. I have been depressed for the first time in my life. can't sleep well at night, lots of swet, Insomnia, coughing and difficut to concentrate. Extreme fatigue, dry mouth, anxiety, rapid heartbeat sometimes - yes, LOTS of depression, LOTS of sweats, LOTS of disorientation and drowsiness too. | It's so amazing, I'm so glad I found this website too. I have been on Cozaar for 2 years, but didn't make the connection with Cozaar. I have talked to my doctor since the first week, but she told me this had nothin to do with the this drug. I could actually almost writ the most on this page om my side effects. Since I have been taking it for so long, I guess I have been through all of them :-). While I am writing this my left arm/elbow is hurting, I have been felling very strange all day before I came across this site, I will print this out and show my doctor, she can't just say this isn't true. | M | 41 | 2 years | 7/31/2008 |